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Track Listings
| 1. The Hives - Declare Guerre Nucleaire |
| 2. Die, All Right! |
| 3. A Get Together to Tear It Apart |
| 4. Main Offender |
| 5. Outsmarted |
| 6. Hate To Say I Told You So |
| 7. The Hives-Introduce the Metric System in Time |
| 8. Find Another Girl |
| 9. Statecontrol |
| 10. Inspection Wise 1999 |
| 11. Knock Knock |
| 12. Supply And Demand |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
American punk rock seems to get more watered down with each passing year. Leave it to the Swedes to remind the USA that we were once the home of the Stooges and the MC5. The Hives' Veni Vidi Vicious owes its very being to Detroit's punk genesis; they may be decades too late, but the Hives capture the zeal and fury perfectly. "Die, All Right," an angry rant against capitalism, spikes the aural brew with frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's nasty nasal shouts. Just as rocking is "Hate to Say I Told You So," which boasts a clunky punk groove and delightfully dark lyrics such as "Do what I please gonna spread the disease because I wanna / Gonna call all the shots for the no's and the not's." Veni Vidi Vicious clocks in at just under half an hour--a perfectly timed charge of codeine-meets-caffeine and decibels-meets-delicious-rock. --Jason Josephes
Product Description
The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire -+ Die, All Right! -+ A Get Together to Tear It Apart -+ Main Offender -+ Outsmarted -+ Hate to Say I Told You So -+ The Hives- Introduce the Metric System -+ Find Another Girl -+ Statecontrol -+ Inspection Wise 1999 -+ Supply and Demand
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
to suggest that the hives are a throwback to the proto-punk of detroit is to totally underestimate the degree and reach of their piracy. it's like they've sucked up every crumb of trashy rock since louie louie and regurgitated it on veni vidi vicious, and they stop just shy of quoting their influences from the sonics to blur (yeah, i said blur). graying aficionados of american punk will find themselves in familiar terrain, but then again, grindcore fans who were probably in diapers when the dolls started purveying their junk-style take on glam will recognize the energy (if not the soul). and somewhere in between, the hives were careful to pick at the carcasses of the new york noise bands of the 80's. so if somebody were to say to me that there's not one original thought on this cd, i'd be hard-pressed to find a rebuttal (except to weakly point out that there's not really an original thought on any cd coming out these days).
that doesn't mean i'm not going to go out on a limb and say the hives deserve a place in the pantheon of great RAWK (oy!) based on this album alone though. there's nothing wrong with building on the unique ideas of your forebears, but it does increase the pressure to deliver. imho, they totally deliver. they're tight and cacophonous and obnoxious - everything you'd wanna hear about a rock band. they've hung their talents on memorable, catchy tunes and even the lyrics are kind of smart - in a clipped, snotty punk-... sort of way. there's not a dud in the bunch, including the charming crooner find another girl. highlights are die, all right!, hate to say i told you so, but most of all, main offender. all of 'em brilliant, cathartic, and fun - the sort of butchy summer keg-tunes i like to crank up in my car with the windows all open and howl along to.
if you like trashy rock like this, check out royal trux's accelerator too.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This an amazing album all the way through. It's not like those sellout bands with an album that has one good song. You can listen to all 12 songs without stopping and then want to hear them again. This is a perfect example of a real punk rock record. It resembles bands like the ramones and the sex pistols much more than these new sellout bands like simple plan and good charlotte and yellowcard and bands like that. It is perfect for audiences anywhere from the rebellious kids of the 1970's to the emo kids of the 1990's. It is an amazing album and i reccomend i to everyone.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Hives, coming from Sweden, could very well be the world's greatest punk band currently running. How? Two notable things:
1)They avoid the pitfalls of current punk rock...there's no nasal, whining vocals (Blink 182/White Stripes), there's no self absorbed, pity me self-rightousness (Good Charlotte/Nickelback) nor political preaching (Int. Noise Conspiracy), avoids insincerity (The Vines) and The Hives totally lack any hip hop influences (Sum 41).
2)They reach back and transcend the influences of the late 70's/early 80's punk. "Transcend" is the key word here. Other than just emulating the styles of the past, the Hives take the styles of Mod, punk and hardcore and make them their own.
Often compared to the Rolling Stones (mostly because of the antics of lead singer Howlin' Pele Almqvist) this really touches base mostly with the early Jam and 1977 sound (Mod has always been and remains cool). "Hate To Say I Told You So" takes off from it's "New Rose" style riff to inflict real danger and menace upon it's listeners ("Gonna do what I please, gonna spread the disease, because I wanna"). The oft-maligned "Find Another Girl" shows diversity in the songwriting and throughout the disc they title songs after themselves in a Jon Spencer self mythological type thing...not a bad idea, afterall, who's cooler than Jon Spencer??
The Hives bring life to a genre that's become increasingly boring in it's sameness simply by being old school punks. They are arrogant, rude, exciting and they don't care about rampant capitalism, broken homes, hip hop, skate culture or whether Mall Rats or MTV like them or not.
Punk's not dead after all Wattie, it's alive and well and living in Sweden.
1)They avoid the pitfalls of current punk rock...there's no nasal, whining vocals (Blink 182/White Stripes), there's no self absorbed, pity me self-rightousness (Good Charlotte/Nickelback) nor political preaching (Int. Noise Conspiracy), avoids insincerity (The Vines) and The Hives totally lack any hip hop influences (Sum 41).
2)They reach back and transcend the influences of the late 70's/early 80's punk. "Transcend" is the key word here. Other than just emulating the styles of the past, the Hives take the styles of Mod, punk and hardcore and make them their own.
Often compared to the Rolling Stones (mostly because of the antics of lead singer Howlin' Pele Almqvist) this really touches base mostly with the early Jam and 1977 sound (Mod has always been and remains cool). "Hate To Say I Told You So" takes off from it's "New Rose" style riff to inflict real danger and menace upon it's listeners ("Gonna do what I please, gonna spread the disease, because I wanna"). The oft-maligned "Find Another Girl" shows diversity in the songwriting and throughout the disc they title songs after themselves in a Jon Spencer self mythological type thing...not a bad idea, afterall, who's cooler than Jon Spencer??
The Hives bring life to a genre that's become increasingly boring in it's sameness simply by being old school punks. They are arrogant, rude, exciting and they don't care about rampant capitalism, broken homes, hip hop, skate culture or whether Mall Rats or MTV like them or not.
Punk's not dead after all Wattie, it's alive and well and living in Sweden.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
the hivesss
this is in my opinion their best album. I couldnt ddecide wether to buy this one or their newest cd. So i went ahead and got this one. Its fun, energetic and just overall unique. Read more
Published on December 20, 2009 by Andrea Cantu
3.0 out of 5 stars
A welcome injection of rawness for modern mainstream punk rockers
3 1/2
Under a half hour The Hives tore through their snarling London-via-Sweden punk revival with glam-rcok inklings (found especially in the singers delivery for better... Read more
Under a half hour The Hives tore through their snarling London-via-Sweden punk revival with glam-rcok inklings (found especially in the singers delivery for better... Read more
Published on January 11, 2008 by IRate
4.0 out of 5 stars
Putting the "rage" back in Garage Rock
Plain and simple, this album is loud, heavy-hitting garage rock at its finest. From the very outset, The Hives punch you in the face with a relentless stream of power-chords,... Read more
Published on February 8, 2007 by Stove Capital
3.0 out of 5 stars
Totally Fun but not Genius
I don't know why this album in particular has instigated this tirade from me but for some reason all the bad reviews have really pissed me off. Read more
Published on March 19, 2006 by D. D. Harwood
4.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!!!!
i love the Hives. This album is so fast and loud and not like anything else around today, i don't understand how you could not like it. Read more
Published on March 17, 2006 by Hil
5.0 out of 5 stars
ROCK OUT!!
Its been a while since a band like the Hives have been around. Bands liike the Stooges and the New York Dolls were bands that had the energy, the anger, and the talent to pioneer... Read more
Published on November 17, 2005 by Andrew Clark
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ouch......
This album is probably THE best instrumental album I've ever heard, and it's ausom how this band is from Sweden. Read more
Published on September 17, 2005 by Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic
I thought this album was better then there most recent album and there last if your just looking into the Hives buy this CD first then there most recent Tyrannosaurus Hives if you... Read more
Published on July 12, 2005 by musiclover
4.0 out of 5 stars
Swede punk
When you think of Swedish music, ABBA and other embarrassments come to mind. Well, scratch that impression. Read more
Published on May 8, 2005 by E. A Solinas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Swede punk
When you think of Swedish music, ABBA and other embarrassments come to mind. Well, scratch that impression. Read more
Published on April 30, 2005 by E. A Solinas
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